A new campaign has been launched to help people access vital life-saving equipment in an emergency situation.
The Scottish Ambulance Service is urging communities to register public access defibrillators as part of the Registration to Resuscitation campaign.
There are a number of devices across the north-east but there is currently no register of where they are located.
Now, the ambulance service is asking people to help put one together on its website.
The service’s national community resilience manager Murray McEwan said: “Currently, anyone can acquire a defibrillator and they are often based in community centres, sports facilities and other public places.
“While there is no legal obligation to register defibrillators, the Scottish Ambulance Service now has a dedicated registration website and we are appealing to local communities to ensure we know where these are, so when someone calls 999 we will know where the nearest defibrillator is if it is required.
“Our call handlers may then be able to direct members of the public to a defibrillator if two or more people are present when somebody experiences a cardiac arrest and talk them through action to take.”
The registration website can be found at pad.scottishambulance.com
